I see this as a good thing. Now he and everyone else can see he’s been checked by the will of the people as expressed in the most recent election, of people who have rejected him and his message. No more blaming it on some nebulous conspiracy.
Of course I expect we will see subtle and covert moves to de-legitimize this election. I’m surprised we haven’t seen it yet, to be honest.
His re-election campaign started two years ago.
The problem is, he controls the Senate, any by virtue of that, he can keep loading the federal courts with conservatives, and I don’t mean John Kasich conservatives, but rather ideologues and activists.
Yes, he’s already raised over $100 million for his reelection bid. That’s far beyond what Bush or Obama did at the two-year point.
Not. Even. Close.
Now he knows he can get away with anything and no one will stop him. I fully expect him to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue very soon and then brag about it.
No. He’s gotten worse every day and that will continue until the last day. If he’s running again, he has no choice.
They are likely uncounted votes for democrats.
Nate Silver from 538 Tweeted:
Yeah the worst is over. The facade of a partnership between Trump and the R establishment will need to end. They know the demographics are within 10 years of permanently screwing them up the ass if they can’t change the narrative quickly and totally,Trump and his army of wanna-be-Trumps do the Kochs no good in the future, and now they can’t do much now.
It’s a three way gridlock.
I’m going to be a bit rosy and say good riddance to the Freedom Caucus at least (not completely dead of course, but hopefully on life support). Obviously Trump is still Trump, but at least the House doesn’t have to satisfy that pack of non-governing misfits. At least a couple times in the past two years, the potential of “Trump reaching out to Chuck & Nancy” was buggered up by this gang.
Gee, the party of the presidents had a difficult midterm cycle. Imagine that! Never happened before!
I am pretty sure the idea the Democrats DON’T control the House based on this election is in defiance of mathematics.
How is Mueller now protected?
The worst isn’t over because it was never about passing laws. In terms of laws passed by the House, it was a normal Republican administration, actually less productive than past Republican administrations due to no Presidential leadership.
The BBC were saying that 24 (I think) seats were within a few per cent and the Democrat majority was at the time 24, so it would only take 13 of those seats to change to Republican
I won’t hold you to that. 
Yep - he declared his candidacy for 2020 on inauguration day (or maybe it was the next day). That’s what all of these “rallies” are everywhere he goes – they are campaign rallies for his re-election.
If Trump is still pursuing that trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, I think enough Democrats in the House might go along with it if it benefits their constituents. As for his new promised “another 10% tax cut for the middle class,” it might not work.
The defense budget should still pass overwhelmingly like usual. A lot of things will still pass the House by a wide margin.
I’m pretty sure the worst is still ahead.
This is comically incorrect.
In other words, now that the Democrats are involved the government will start working again. And the President will have to start doing useful work instead of spending all his time complaining.
I’m seeing this as a step forward.
Remember, too, that a lot of the damage he’s done has not been through what he’s been doing, but through what he hasn’t been doing. A Democratic house might be able to stop him from doing some bad things, but they won’t be able to force him to do his job.